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In the dispute between the White House and the Senate over whether the Senate should hold hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Alexander Hamilton has something to say. Seth Lipsky writing in the NY Post insists that Hamilton’s views on judicial appointments have been vindicated. …

“They also positively reneged on the implicit deal between a president and his nominees, an unspoken understanding that the nominee knows the general beliefs of the president sending him or her to the Senate and generally agreed with that set of beliefs.” So states Hugh Hewitt, eloquently and insightfully, in …